that their (the church of Laodicea’s) hearts may be
encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of
the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both
of the Father and of Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge.

Saturday, September 22, 2012

So
God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and
fill the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every
beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the
earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand.

What was God’s 2nd blessing to Noah?
The fear and dread of man was on all the rest of God’s living creation.

Tu.
9/25/12: Job 13:20 – 21What was Job’s dread?

“Only
two things do not do to me,

Then
I will not hide myself from You:

Withdraw
Your hand far from me,

And
let not the dread of You make me afraid.

What was Job’s dread? Job asks that he be unafraid
the dread of God. Instead of dread, or
anticipating fear, Job foresaw eternal life with God.

We.
9/26/12: Romans 8:15What have we
received?

For
you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the
Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”

What have we received? Adopted into God’s
family, we do not fear but anticipate eternal life in heaven.

Th.
9/27/12: Hebrews 13:6What are we free
from?

So
we may boldly say:

“The
Lord is my helper;

I
will not fear.

What
can man do to me?”

What are we free from? We are free from the
dread of men.

Fr.
9/28/12: 2 Corinthians 11:3What was Paul’s
fear?

But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his
craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in
Christ.

What was Paul’s fear? Paul feared that the
simplicity of the Gospel would be corrupted by complications of the law.

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Now
the temple was full of men and women. All the lords of the Philistines were there—about
three thousand men and women on the roof watching while Samson performed.Then
Samson called to the Lord, saying, “O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just this once, O God,
that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two
eyes!”

What was Samson’s cry? Samson’s cry was for
forgiveness and strength from God, not from hair!

Tu.
9/18/12: Job 14:13 – 14 (NKJV)What was Job’s cry?

Oh,
that You would hide me in the grave,

That
You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,

That
You would appoint me a set time, and remember
me!

If
a man dies, shall he live again?

All
the days of my hard service I will wait,

Till
my change comes.

What was Job’s cry? Job’s cry was for his
faith in the resurrection.

We.
9/19/12: Nehemiah 13:30 – 31 (NKJV)What was Nehemiah’s
cry?

Thus
I cleansed them of everything pagan. I also assigned duties to the priests and
the Levites, each to his service,and
to bringing the wood offering and the firstfruits at appointed times.Remember me,
O my God, for good!

What was Nehemiah’s cry? Nehemiah’s cry was
for cleansing the Temple by God’s leading.

Th.
9/20/12: Psalm 106:4 – 5 (NKJV)What was the
Psalmist’s cry?

Remember me, O Lord, with the favor You
have toward Your people.

Oh,
visit me with Your salvation,

That
I may see the benefit of Your chosen ones,

That
I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,

That
I may glory with Your inheritance

What was the Psalmist’s cry? The Psalmist’s cry
was for God’s salvation, not by earned right.

Fr.
9/21/12: Luke 23:42 – 43 (NKJV)What was the thief’s
cry?

Then he said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your
kingdom.”And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in
Paradise.

What was the thief’s cry? The dying thief’s cry
was for his belief in the kingdom of Jesus Christ!

Monday, September 10, 2012

Now
there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the
Lord, and Satan also came among them.

And
the Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?”

So
Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from
walking back and forth on it.”

Then
the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none
like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns
evil?”

Why was God pleased with Job? Job was unimpeachable (blameless)
and still feared God.

Tu. 9/11/12: Proverbs
16:7 What does pleasing God do?

When
a man’s ways please the Lord,

He
makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

What does pleasing God do? Your enemies will be at peace with
you!

We. 9/12/12: Colossians
3:20What is sure to please God?

Children,
obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

What is sure to please God? Obeying parents is sure to please
God.

Th. 9/13/12: Hebrews
13:20 – 21What do good works do?

Now
may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great
Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,make
you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well
pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever
and ever. Amen.

What do good works do? If our good works serve the will of God,
it is well pleasing in His sight.

Fr. 9/14/12: Hebrews
11:6What cannot please God?

But
without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must
believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Now
the whole earth had one language and one speech.And
it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in
the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. Then they said to one another, “Come,
let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone,
and they had asphalt for mortar. And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a
city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for
ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”

What did the brick builders do? They wished to
reach God on their own terms.

Tu.
9/4/12 Genesis 11:5 – 7What did the Godhead
do?

But
the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had
built.And the Lord said, “Indeed the
people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they
begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them.
Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not
understand one another’s speech.”

What did the Godhead do? They took man’s
nature to name things and confused their vocabulary. This disunited the people.

We.
9/5/12 Genesis 11:8 – 9What did the Lord
then do?

So
the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and
they ceased building the city. Therefore its name is called Babel, because
there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord
scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

What did the Lord then do? He scattered the
people far and wide. They stopped building the way to heaven.

Th.
9/6/12 Proverbs 16:25What do people
still do?

There
is a way that seems right to a man,

But
its end is the way of death.

What do people still do? They try to get to
God but it ends in separation.

Fr.
9/7/12 John 14:6 – 7What (Who) is the
only way?

Jesus
said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No
one comes to the Father except through Me.If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from
now on you know Him and have seen Him.”

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I am a recently retired Physics teacher from public High School. I entered retirement soon after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Before retiring, a morning Bible reading and prayer at School for teachers was my mission and one purpose for this blog. I wish more Christian family men would take spiritual leadership at home. Another purpose for this blog is that a Dad would read it to his family after dinner, ask the question/s that follow, and discuss the answer. Since one topic is spread over a week, fifty-two topics will be covered in a year, and would go a long way towards establishing his spiritual headship in the family.
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